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-which, being in the way of improvement, he determined to have re- 

 moved. The first stone being raised, human remains, reduced to dust, 

 were exposed to view ; and in the dust all the coins were found, toge- 

 ther with a brass pin, a finger in length. 



The labourers appropriated the pin, and also the coins of "William 

 and Mary, as they were bright and like our half-crown pieces. The 

 three coins now presented to the Academy, being broken and dim- 

 looking, were considered as valueless, and left where they had so long 

 lain concealed ; and this circumstance secured them for Mr. Elliott, the 

 occupier of the land. Prom him they passed to his niece, Mrs. William 

 Chambre, who very generously gave them to the writer. 



The labourers were most anxious to remove the other rude stones, 

 in expectation, no doubt, of finding more treasure ; but Mr. Elliott 

 would not permit them to do so ; and they now remain just as they 

 were six-and-thirty years ago, when he first came into possession of the 

 land. 



Feeling much interested in the discovery, and having some confi- 

 dence that under these as yet undisturbed sepulchral monuments other 

 antiquarian coins and treasures may be concealed, I asked my friend, 

 Mrs. William Chambre, if she thought her uncle would allow an exa- 

 mination of the place to be conducted under the auspices of the 

 Royal Irish Academy ; and she replied that he would, and added, that 

 in another of Mr. Elliott's fields there is a veiy picturesque terraced 

 mound, about thirty feet high at its apex and about thirty yards in 

 diameter. She further stated, that there is no reason to suppose, from 

 immediately surrounding objects, that this terrace formed any portion 

 of a garden or pleasure ground. It is commonly called the mount of 

 Eennor, and lies about three miles south of the historic Hill of Dowth ; 

 and of this terrace also the Academy may have an examination made. 

 I should certainly recommend a reference to Council of the pro- 

 priety of such a work. The cost need not be much ; and, if conducted 

 by antiquarians who have had experience in such matters — Sir William 

 Wilde, and others — a satisfactory result can scarcely be doubted. 



Mr. Elliott's lands were certainly encamped upon by the army of 

 King James II. ; and the rude stones referred to, in all proba- 

 bility mark the spots of interment of some of his officers and soldiers. 

 Xor is it at all unlikely that the terraced mound of Eennor may have 

 been then raised by the surviving soldiery over the bodies of the fallen 

 slain. 



I also beg to present to the Academy an Ecclesiastical Seal of the 

 diocese of Ossory ; it bears the inscription, " The Seal of the Consisto- 

 rial Court of Ossory. Paul Helsham, Y. G." He was made Archdeacon 

 of the Ecclesiastical Diocese of Ossoiy on 28th of April, 1805, and died 

 in 1822 ; consequently, the seal presented was 'the court seal' during 

 that period. 



